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    Brize Norton is a village and civil parish 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 938...
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    Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton (IATA: BZZ, ICAO: EGVN) is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. Situated in Oxfordshire, about...
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    have their headquarters and registered office at AirTanker Hub, RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, England, OX18 3LX. In March 2008, the Ministry...
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    Force, comprising RAF Police. It oversees stations at RAF Benson and RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire, RAF Honington in Suffolk...
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    aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) before they were relocated to RAF Brize Norton. RAF Lyneham was the Royal Air Force's principal transport hub, operating...
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    C-17A ERs in use as of May 2021 No. 24 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton No. 99 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton  United States United States Air Force – 222 C-17s in...
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    on 8 July 2016. ZZ336 was named Vespina when it was returned to RAF Brize Norton on 26 June 2020 following the completion of its new gloss-white livery...
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    RAF Brize Norton No. II Squadron RAF Regiment, at RAF Brize Norton No. 2624 (County of Oxfordshire) Squadron (RAuxAF) Regiment, at RAF Brize Norton No...
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    (JADTEU) is a tri-service unit is an Air Warfare Centre unit located at RAF Brize Norton, England. Commanded by a lieutenant colonel, it has a combined strength...
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    Intelligence, Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance RAF Brize Norton — Air Transport RAF Benson and RAF Odiham — Support Helicopter Force...
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    cost-effective. In 1982, VC10 C.1s formed a part of the airbridge between RAF Brize Norton and Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island during Operation Corporate...
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    from the original on 26 April 2011. "Programme Future Brize" (PDF). Global Gateway (RAF Brize Norton magazine). February 2011. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from...
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    RAF Brize Norton. Albemarle V from April 1944 to October 1944 at RAF Brize Norton. Albemarle VI from August 1944 to October 1944 at RAF Brize Norton. No...
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    Course 1317 on 23 September 2022, the award ceremony was held at RAF Brize Norton. From 27 to 29 November 2015, Prince Mateen, as a representative of his...
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    flies the Airbus Voyager KC2/KC3 in the transport/tanker role from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. No. 10 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed from...
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    in 1937 of the nearby RAF Brize Norton airbase. This development profoundly altered the settlement's character as Brize Norton became the Royal Air Force's...
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    bridge flights to RAF Mount Pleasant, on the Falkland Islands, from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, in the UK. Beginning in November 2017, the Ascension...
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    Third Air Force airfields in the UK No. 19 Squadron RAF Regiment, RAF Brize Norton, (Air Defence, 12x Rapier launch stations, defending RAF Upper Heyford...
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  • while his father, a military aircraft engineer, was stationed at RAF Brize Norton. His parents were childhood sweethearts from the Northern town Barton-upon-Humber...
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    The RAF Tristars were operated by No. 216 Squadron, and based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England. No. 216 Squadron was officially disbanded on...
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  • II Squadron RAF Regiment (RAF Brize Norton) No. 2624 (County of Oxfordshire) Squadron (RAuxAF) Regiment (RAF Brize Norton) No. 20 Wing RAF Regiment Wing...
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  • Parachute Training Squadron of the Airborne Delivery Wing, based at RAF Brize Norton. The Basic Parachute Course is three weeks long for regular troops. During...
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    of No. 10 Squadron, later subsumed by No. 101 Squadron based at RAF Brize Norton. Occasionally, the British Airways supersonic Concorde was used to transport...
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  • C-17 Globemaster III strategic/tactical transport aircraft from RAF Brize Norton. The squadron conducts global deployments on behalf of the British Armed...
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    Squadron RAF Regiment is a squadron of the RAF Regiment based at RAF Brize Norton. The squadron is parachute trained. The unit was formed as Number 2 Armoured...
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    overseen (parented in RAF speak) by RAF Brize Norton due to the larger base's proximity to Bampton Castle and that Brize was the home of No. 38 Group Tactical...
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    free-fall parachute training by the Airborne Delivery Wing at nearby RAF Brize Norton and the wider British Armed Forces. The airfield was used for the launch...
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    parachute training to all three British Armed Forces. It is based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. It was formed at RAF Ringway, now Manchester Airport...
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  • surprise attack from the North Sea. New bases were developed at RAF Brize Norton, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Fairford and RAF Greenham Common were therefore...
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    running costs. In the summers from 2008 to 2010 it was based at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, moving its winter base to RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire at the...
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